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Legendary Actor admitted to Hospital

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Veteran actor Dilip Kumar (90) was admitted to Lilavati Hospital in Mumbai after he complained of uneasiness in the chest. He is currently in the intensive care unit (ICU) and his condition is stable. The legendary personality was kept under observation and a team of doctors have been monitoring his condition.

Dilip Kumar is known as the ‘King of Tragedy’ in Bollywood. He was seen in iconic roles in the classic like Devdas, Mughal-e-Azam, Ganga Jamuna and Madhumati. He was born in Peshawar (now in Pakistan) on December 11th, 1922. His acting career last for six decades and has done more than 60-odd films. He was honoured with Padma Bhushan in 1991 and Dadasaheb Phalke in 1994. He was the first person to receive Filmfare Best Actor honour when the awards was launched in 1954. Dilip Kumar and Shahrukh Khan stands on top with most number of Filmfare awards (8 each) won in the Best Actor category.

Hope Dilip Kumar recover soon to bring back smiles on the faces of millions of his fans. Get well soon DK!

Ileana having fun with 40-plus Hero

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Ileana is going great guns in Bollywood. After getting a dream debut in Bollywood with ‘Barfi’, she will be soon seen in Shahid Kapoor’s ‘Phata Poster Nikhla Hero’ which is gearing up for release on September 19th. Currently, the Southern hottie is working for ‘Happy Ending’ opposite Saif Ali khan.

When asked about her working experience with the 40-plus hero, Ileana stated she never felt like she is working while being on the sets of this movie even though the unit has wrapped a major portion of the shoot. “I am having a great time on the sets. It’s so much fun to work with Saif,” she told.

On her second flick ‘Phata Poster Nikhla Hero’, Ileana feels she has never done such a film before and her chemistry with Shahid will stand out as the best. She even opined there is no one on earth to match the comic timing of film’s director Rajkumar Santoshi.

Ileana made it clear she would never abandon the South Film Industry which is behind her growth as an actress. She promised to sign a South film if something exciting comes her way.

Nagarjuna’s pub raided, Manager booked!

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As part of the special drive against the errant pub owners in the city, West Zone police on Sunday raided Akkineni Nagarjuna’s N-Grill pub located at road No.36, Jubilee Hills. Cases have been booked against the manager under the City Police and Excise Acts for serving alcohol to the customers beyond the stipulated time (11 pm).

Two more Pubs (Over-The-Moon pub at Daspalla hotel, Movida pub at Radisson Blue Plaza hotel) have been booked on the same day for similar reasons. On Friday, Cops raided two pubs (Kismat pub in The Part Hotel – Somajiguda, 10 Downing Street pub – Begumpet) and also arrested the managers for violating the license norms.

The police have decided to act strictly on the pub owners due to the increase of sexual assault cases in the city. Pubs have been putting the life of women customers at risk by serving alcohol more than permitted time and even the transportation is an issue late in the night. West Zone DCP confirmed that raids will be conducted on all the pubs violating the norms.

Samantha’s Lux Dreams Came True

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Some brands don’t increase their brand value by roping in dazzling heroines, but the brand value of a heroine is increased after signing that particular product. One such product is surely ‘Lux’ soap.

Spicy seductress reveals that Samantha used to think about becoming Lux Girl one day in her life. From the likes of Waheeda Rehman, Helen and Sairabhanu to Sridevi, Madhuri, Kajol, Aishwarya Rai, Kareena, Asin and Kareena have all endorsed Lux soaps at different levels. It is dream come true for any actress to become the face of Lux soap. Samantha says from childhood she has grown up watching all her favourite actresses sizzling in Lux soap advertisements. She announced proudly today that she got associated with the brand, Lux.

Reports have that the first commercial featuring Samantha in a Lux soap ad will be aired on November 1st down south. So, this is an indication that the popularity of Kajal Agarwal is going down as she is the present actress who is endorsing the soap brand.

Ex-Boyfriend defends Heroine’s bikini act

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Salman Khan played the role of perfect well-wisher when he was asked to share his opinion on the leaked bikini pictures of his former girlfriend Katrina Kaif with her current boyfriend Ranbir Kapoor during their recent holiday in Ibiza.

To a question posed by a reporter on the bikini pictures, Salman shot back, “How would you feel if your or your mother or sister’s pictures were out in the media? Would you like to see, even if your boyfriend’s pictures out in such an fashion? If you don’t like such things, others won’t like them too. Same is the case with Katrina. Exposing personal life of an individual in such a manner isn’t the right thing to do. Leaking the private moments or personal pictures is very cheap.”

It’s once again proven Salman is very protective about the people he cares and would hesitate even to slam the journos. Despite being not in a relationship with Katrina, he came forward to defend his ex and one needs to have big heart to do such a thing. Ranbir should take a leaf out of Sallu’s book to give a fitting reply to media’s tricky questions.

Date locked for Atharintiki Daredi release

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The political uncertainty in the state has been affecting the Film Industry so badly. While top stars weren’t ready to take a huge risk at this situation, the films which got released in the past two months weren’t able to draw the crowds to the theaters. Continuous agitations of APNGOs and the strike call of APSRTC are the two major concerns of Industry at present.

As there is no clarity on when the T-issue is going to be resolved, few of the leading producers have been planning to release their films in the next few weeks. Makers of ‘Atharintiki Daredi’ have locked October 2nd as the release date of their movie. Indications have been sent to all the distributors and exhibitors in this regard.

Actually, ‘Atharintiki Daredi’ was slated for Ramzan-Independence Day weekend (August 7th). Due to the ongoing agitations, the release has been pushed to August 21st and then September 20th. As the situation hasn’t improved much, release of this family entertainer got postponed once again and this time its  October 2nd which is believed to be a Dussehra treat for fans if everything falls in place. Hope For The Best!

Why Ileana Hates Kajal?

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Many heroines generally don’t come out with open opinions as doing such things will affect their chances in tinsel town. Though cat fights are quite common, they don’t bring it on to public stage grabbing attention of media especially.

Recently Goa beauty Ileana quipped that he hates Kajal to a lot. This particular comment by the wide-hip beauty has raised eyebrows of many cine lovers. What exactly transpired between seductress Kajal and our curvaceous Barfi beauty happens to be the discussion for many. One cannot understand when did Ileana encountered Kajal and what led to a fight between them. But before we reach on to further imaginations, Ileana jumped to the scene immediately to reveal the truth.

Actually Ileana stated that she hates the character ‘Kajal’. In her latest movie Phata Poster Nikla Hero featuring Shahid Kapoor, Ileana is playing the role of an urban girl named Kajal. In the movie, the character loves to hang around in pubs, create all the non-sense. Ileana says that in real life she is opposite to what she played on silver screen as Kajal. That’s the story folks.

Potugadu Movie Review – Rating 3/5

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Potugadu Movie Review

Rating:  3/5

Film: Potugadu

Starring: Manchu Manoj, Nathalia Kaur, Simran Mundi Kaur, Sakshi

Director: Pavan Wadeyar

Producer: Lagadapati Sridhar, Sireesha

Banner: Ramalakshmi Cine Creations banner

Music: Achu

Release Date: 14th Sep 2013

 

Your Rating: [ratings]

 

Story

Govind (Manchu Manoj) tries to attempt suicide due to love failure but he comes across Venkat (Posani Krishna Murali), a software engineer who also gets rejected by a lady. The duo narrates their love stories to each other and Govind fails in love for four times with four girls Vaidehi (Simran), Mumtaz (Sakshi) Stacy (Rachel) and Mary (Anupriya). Will the duo give up their suicide idea and win their love forms the crux.

Performances

Manchu Manoj shows his extreme energetic levels in his acting skills. He has imitated Mohan Babu at times but he could have toned down his mannerisms to fit into the role better.

The film has four leading ladies. Simran Kaur is glamorous while Rachel fails to impress. Both Simran and Rachel got cameo roles. Anu Priya is impressive and emotes well while Sakshi Chowdary haven’t got good characterization.

Posani Krishna Murali is entertaining while Ali, Raghu Babu, Rajesh are okay. Others were adequate.

Technical Analysis

Achu composed music is asset for the film while the background score is impressive. Cinematography is neat and editing is crisper. Dialogues are witty and gel well with masses. Pawan Wadeyar scores in direction. Production values are good.

Analysis

Potugadu is packed with good entertainment and racy screenplay in the first half. Director has incorporated five love stories in the film. However, due to the run length the stories fail to connect emotionally but the double-entendre dialogues will connect well with the masses. Interval block is impressive. Second half could have been racier like the first half. The third story with Rachel isn’t properly established. Music is an additional asset for the film and Pyar Mein Padipoya, Devatha are visually pleasing. Potugadu offers commercial elements action, comedy, romance and pleasing music but the film is loud and lacks logic which might not go well specific audiences.

Final Verdict

Mass Entertainer!!! Worth a watch

Samantha insults Ram Charan

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It seems there is no end to brickbats for Mega Power Star Ram Charan. When he is getting used to Bollywood critics and viewers tearing apart for his expressionless face and rigid looks in Zanjeer remake on debut, buzz is even Southern seductress Samantha who is ruling Tollywood insulted him.

 

Buzz is Samantha insulted Cherry though she did not star in single film with him. Though she romanced Mahesh Babu she is yet to star opposite Prabhas, Allu Arjun and Ram Charan. However though she was offered role in Yevadu she refused it citing dates problems.

 

Now according to the latest Cherry called her offering role in Krishna Vamsi’s multi starrer. However Samantha rejected it insulting him once again citing dates problems. Now the question is how will Cherry react!

Can Antony Panel’s Hyderabad Visit Bring Forth any Solution?

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The high-level party committee headed by Defence Minister A.K. Antony is expected to visit Hyderabad during next week to hold wider consultations before the Cabinet note on Telangana is prepared to take forward the process of formation of a separate state.

The four-member Antony Committee was set up by the Congress High Command in the wake of a revolt in the ‘Seemandhra’ region protesting the CWC decision to bifurcate the state. The objective of the committee was to hold consultations with all sections of people of Seemandhra region and address their concerns over division of the state.

The Congress Core Committee which met on Friday, discussed at length the raging agitation the Seemandhra region for the last 45 days. Defence Minister Antony, who was present at the meeting, is learnt to have submitted a preliminary report on the prevailing situation in the Seemandhra region after the CWC announcement.

However the ongoing agitation in the Seemandhra region and the vehement opposition from Union ministers, state ministers, MPs and legislators belonging to the Congress from the region, the Core committee might have decided to go slow. Knowing well the opposition to any Cabinet note, the core committee seems to have refrained from discussing the “note” issue. Also, Union Home minister Sushil Kumar Shinde was not present at the meeting this time.

Instead, the all-powerful Core Committee chose to deliberate at length on the raging turmoil in the Seemandhra region and the steps to be taken to assuage the ruffled feelings of the people of the region. Accordingly it was decided to send the Antony Committee to Hyderabad to hold consultations with all sections and if need be incorporate the needed changes in the Telangana note being prepared by the Ministry of Home Affairs before it is sent for vetting by the Law Ministry and finally before the Union Cabinet for its approval.

According to sources, the purported changes in the Telangana note would be mainly with regard to the status of Hyderabad which has become one of the most contentious issues. However any changes in this regard being thought to appease the Seemandhra people would only boomerang as it would not be acceptable to the Telangana votaries. Thus the authors of the cabinet note on Telangana might be compelled to do a right rope walking, these sources observed.

Will Mahesh face Charan’s danger?

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Every single thing related to a star hero’s film tends to create a lot of sensation and crucial factor. This is one reason why a lot of care is taken in Tollywood. Due to the same reason, a discussion is currently happening in filmnagar about Mahesh Babu and whether he might face the same danger as Ram Charan.

The talk is, after Ram Charan gave a big flop in the form of ‘Thoofan’ and ‘Zanjeer’ many have ruled him out. Taking this as a chance, anti-Charan groups have projected him to be a washout. Now, another star who is likely to be targeted is Mahesh. He has got his film ‘1-Nenokkadine’ to arrive in January 2014.

When Mahesh came with films like ‘Nani’ ‘Athidhi’ many groups did the same thing of washing him out but he emerged back to become a superstar. So, it could be that if ‘1-Nenokkadine’ fails to reach expectations then he might go through the same phase that Charan is currently going through. Let us wait and see how this will work out.

Chiranjeevi eyeing guest roles?

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Megastar Chiranjeevi is now addressed as union minister because cinema is no longer part of his daily life. Today, Chiranjeevi is a politician and it is clear that the place he had in Tollywood, there is no other actor who can take it. So, the only option left for his fans is to see the megastar coming back into films.

While Chiranjeevi is yet to do his 150th film, there are reports that few close circles of Chiru are advising him to take up guest roles in big films. They are reportedly suggesting that Chiranjeevi can be seen in films of Ram Charan, Pawan Kalyan doing an important cameo. This would create a lot of craze for the film.

But another talk is that Chiranjeevi is just waiting for the 2014 elections to get over and once the result is know he will consider even doing a full length role. whether it is a guest role or full role, the next film of Chiranjeevi will be very important because it becomes his 150th film and that’s all the mega fans are asking for.

Telangana heat touches Annapurna film school students

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Politics is all about attempts to gain power and try to show the opposition party in dark light but in Andhra Pradesh a new wave of political game began and this happened by creating hatred and poison in the minds of people using regional sentiment. Andhra Pradesh is suffering from the Telangana issue from a long time.

In the bargain, the Tollywood industry has faced the worst damage. Now, it looks like this hatred is slowly creeping into the ground level. Recently, a group of students from Annapurna International School of Film and media were preparing to do a documentary on the ongoing Ganesh festival and the Pandals.

It is heard that when they reached a certain area in Hyderabad, few people who looked like a group of a political party approached the students and asked which region they are from. When they revealed that they were students of Annapurna school they were asked to leave immediately and not allowed to shoot. The students had to walk away but it was a rather disappointing thing to see such things happening.

Ram Charan admitting in Apollo?

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Now a days any thing about Mega Power Star Ram Charan is gaining immense attention. This increased after his super flop debut in Bollywood with Zanjeer remake. While Bollywood critics and movie lovers blasted him for his performance and looks even Tollywood followed suit.

Even before Zanjeer release, much was talked about his nose operation in Mumbai after he left to Mumbai from hyderabad. Sources say Ram Charan who was suffering from sinus problem, neglected it for quite sometime due to his busy shooting schedule.

However now that he got time, he went ahead and underwent surgery in a hospital. Buzz is his father in law, head of Apollo Hospitals sent a team of surgeons to Mumbai and got the surgery done. Surgery is done successfully and Cherry is recovering quite well.

Doctors Gave Shock Treatment To Chiru

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Union tourism minister K Chiranjeevi, UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi and TDP president Chandrababu Naidu are given shock treatment today by doctors at Tirupathi Ruya hospital. Wondered, how come three big politicians of the country received a shock treatment? Then read this story.

From the last 23 days, doctors of famous Ruya hospital in Tirupathi city are agitating against the bifurcation decision taken by Congress party. On Friday, doctors have protested in a surprising way by giving shock treatment to patients who are wearing masks of Chiru, Sonia and Chandrababu. After receiving the shock treatment, these political patients immediately started shouting ‘Jai Samikyandhra’ slogans. The doctors took some time while giving treatment to KCR (a person wearing KCR mask) as his ailment level is quite high.

‘Only if a mental change occurs in the mindsets of our leaders, they will work hard to keep this state united. Otherwise they will continue their cat-on-wall dramas’, the agitating doctors said. They added that only if politicians too enter the massive protests taken up by Seemandhra people, Congress government will open eyes faster.

BJP woos Superstar

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Soon after the announcement confirming Gurajat chief minister Narendra Modi as the BJP’s prime ministerial candidate in 2014 pools, Party’s Tamilnadu unit president Pon Radhakrishnan opined this is the best time for Rajinikanth to step into politics by offering a helping hand to anti-Congress party. Feelers has been sent to the Superstar by BJP in the this regard.

BJP is yet to make is presence felt in Tamilnadu. The National party feels Modi’s magic doesn’t alone translate into voted in the state and star power is required for creating much bigger impact. So, it is chalking out plans to lure Rajinikanth who has immense following to fight the battle against giants like AIADMK and DMK.

Just like the youth meeting at LB Stadium in Hyderabad recently, Narendra Modi would be participating in a youth rally on September 26th in Tamilnadu and it will have 1 lakh participants. This is his first public meeting in South India after he was officially named as the party’s PM candidate by the BJP Parliamentary Board. Modi has been targeting the youth and he believes they are the ones who could change the fate of the country.

Friday 13th – Disastrous Day For Tollywood

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Friday the 13th is considered as an ill-fated day in western superstition. But it looks like this particular day affected Tollywood also, when almost six Telugu movies have bitten dust after they got released on Friday, 13 September 2013.

A bunch of Telugu flicks like Adivi Sesh’s Kiss, multi-starrer Kameena, Ravi Babu’s Needa, Suman’s Gandikotalo and flicks like Na Saami Ranga, Putukku Jara Jara Dubukku Mey have hit screens on September 13th the other day. Reports have that almost all of them have met with disastrous fate on first show itself. This is not because of non-availability of theatres or the growing protests in Seemandhra region. Poor content of this bunch is actually said to be giving headache to audiences.

Kiss managed to get good attention due to heavy promotion, while Na Saami Ranga used Pawan’s ‘na saami ranga’ dialogue from Gabbar Singh to grab eyeballs. But none of them lived up to the hype. Cine observers are however saying that one should not blame ‘Friday the 13th’ but the poor content of those films, as they would have flopped on any other day too.

Mahesh & Namratha at Sukumar’s Bash

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Mahesh Babu willn’t be seen at any of the parties hosted by the Industry folks and if at all he attends a private event then it’s gonna be a big talk.

Director Sukumar who has built an expensive house in the Manikonda area invited the family of Mahesh Babu for the housewarming party. As Suku is currently directing his film ‘1 – Nenokkadine’, our Superstar couldn’t say no to the special occasion. Mahesh and Namrata attended the party and spend some time in the lavish home. Here is the exclusive picture of Ghattamanenis with Sukumar’s family.

It is learnt that Allu Arjun who shares a good rapport with Sukumar is the other special guest for the party. All the guests have heaped praises on the filmmaker for his unique taste when it comes to the design and look of the building.

Big Hero’s Daughter compatibilities woes

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Soundarya Rajnikanth, the younger daughter of Superstar, feels his father and his sister’s husband Dhanush are one and the same when it comes to their lifestyles. It was because of this reason Aishwarya Rajinikanth got used to the post marriage life with Dhanush so quickly. However, Soundarya is yet to get accustomed to the married life even after 3 years of her marriage with soulmate Ashwin who runs a family-owned construction company.

Actually, Soundarya and Ashwin met for the first time in a gym. They used to workout together and after sometime Soundarya expected him to propose to her. On one day, Ashwin shouted ‘Rajinikanth’s Daughter, Big Fan’ instead of confessing his love and Soundarya was very upset with it. Five years later, Ashwin proposed to Soundarya at the same place after taking the consent of Rajinikanth for the marriage with his daughter. Interestingly, he even showed the engagement ring to the Superstar a day before he has said that three magical words.

Coming from two different backgrounds is what that makes the married life a bit difficult for Soundarya. Wish they finds the compatibility very soon!

Jr NTR’s Personal Life

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From last one year, Young Tiger NTR is quite workaholic with no-break film shoots. After wrapping up Baadshah he moved to Ramayya Vastavayya, and now he is doing Rabhasa. From November he is starting Koratala Siva’s movie. So, when is Junior actually taking a break to spend time with his family?

Once wrapping up a movie, director Rajamouli takes a big break along with his family members. He generally plans a foreign tour for a month to relax. In the same way, Mahesh Babu too flies abroad after he is done with a movie shoot. Love birds like Charan-Upasna, Bunny-Sneha are known for their romantic holidays whenever our heroes get a break time between schedules and movie releases. But why Jr NTR is never heard going abroad or to some picnic spot along with his wife Lakshmi Pranathi. This is the question about Junior’s personal life that is shaking many minds.

Actually Jr NTR is not reachable to fans on social sites like Facebook and Twitter, and maybe that is the reason one knows no updates about his trips. Otherwise, insiders say that Junior always takes quick breaks between schedules and spends quality time with his mother and wife. Also, there is no need that he should publicize his personal life.

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